| Chinese Text Project |
| 僕 U+50D5 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 䑑 Semantic variant | 仆 Simplified character |
| Radical: | 人+ 12 strokes = 14 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.452#6 p.460#24 Kangxi: p.116#18 Cihai: p.125r4c03 GSR: 1211.b Hanyu: v1,p0218#09 |
| Composition: | Left: 亻, right: 菐. Component of: 𨽂 𡂈 𢷏 濮 𫸆 㙸 㯷 𤪟 𦿍 𥣜 𫶟 𥵜 纀 襥 𧭎 𨆯 𨮓 𩍩 |
| Mandarin: | pú ㄆㄨˊ |
| Cantonese: | buk6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *bhuk bhuk |
| Shuowen: | 《菐部》僕：給事者。从人从菐，菐亦聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·入聲·屋·暴》僕：侍從人也。 《廣韻·入聲·沃·僕》僕：僮僕。《說文》曰：給事者也，《漢書》曰：太僕秦官掌輿馬亦姓風俗通云漢有渾梁侯僕多又虜複姓魏書僕蘭氏後改爲僕氏。蒲沃切，六。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·人部·十二》僕：〔古文〕䑑《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》𠀤蒲沃切，蓬入聲。《說文》給事者。《禮·禮運》仕于公曰臣，仕于家曰僕。《周禮·春官》車僕掌戎路。廣車，闕車，苹車，輕車之萃。《註》車僕，主供副車者。僕猶御也，萃猶副也。謂供副車，以待乏用也。五車皆兵車也。又司僕，官名。《五代史·百官志》唐龍朔中，改太保曰司馭，又改爲司僕。齊職儀衆僕之長曰太僕，掌輿馬。明制有太僕寺。又御車曰僕。《論語》冉有僕。又僕隷，賤役。《左傳·僖二十四年》秦伯送衞于晉三千人，實紀綱之僕。又自謙之辭。《前漢·韋玄成傳》自稱爲僕，𤰞辭也。又辱也。《戰國策》傳命僕官。又徒也。《莊子·則陽篇》仲尼曰：是聖人僕也。《註》猶言聖人之徒也。又僕僕，煩猥貌。又附也。《詩·大雅》君子萬年，景命有僕。又隱也。《左傳·昭七年》楚芋尹無宇曰：吾先君文王，作僕區之法，曰：盜所隱器，與盜同罪。《註》僕區，𠛬書名。區，匿也，作爲隱匿亡人之法。又虎僕，獸名。《博物志》羽民國有獸，文似豹，名虎僕，毛可爲筆。又僕纍，蝸牛也。《山海經》靑要之山，多僕纍蒲盧。《註》僕纍一名蚹贏。蒲盧，細腰蟲，蠮螉也。又姓。漢僕朋，宋僕斗，南明僕淮。又《集韻》普木切，音撲。羣飛貌。《莊子·天運篇》蚉蝱僕緣。又叶鼻墨切，音匐。《柳宗元·佩韋賦》尼父戮齊而誅卯兮，本柔仁以作極。蘭竦顏以誚秦兮，入降廉猶臣僕。 |
| Fanqie: | 蒲木 (《廣韻·入聲·屋·暴》) 蒲沃 (《廣韻·入聲·沃·僕》) |
| Unihan definition: | slave, servant, I |
Example usage
| 《論語·子路》: | 子適衛，冉有僕。 |
| When the Master went to Wei, Zan You acted as driver of his carriage. | |
| 《孟子·離婁下》: | 問其僕曰：『追我者誰也？』 |
| At the same time he asked his driver, "Who is it that is pursuing me?" | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 種、蠡不強諫而山棲，俾其君詘社稷之靈而童僕，又終斃吳，賢皆不足邵也，至蠡策種而遁，肥矣哉！ |
| Wen Zhong and Fan Li did not strongly remonstrate against King Gou Jian of Yue's plan to attack the state of Wu, and he was held by King Fuchai of Wu for three years on Mount Kuaiji. They caused their ruler to yield the altars of the spirits of earth and become a servant boy to King Fuchai. In the end, they destroyed Wu, but none of them were good enough to be considered worthy. In the end Fan Li sent Wen Zhong a letter warning him to flee and then escaped to go fatten himself! | |
| 《墨子·尚賢下》: | 昔伊尹為莘氏女師僕，使為庖人，湯得而舉之，立為三公，使接天下之政，治天下之民。 |
| Yi Yin once took part in the bridal party of the daughter of the Prince of Xin, and then was employed as a cook. Tang discovered him and exalted him to be High Duke, handing him the government of the empire and the rule over the people. | |
| 《莊子·人間世》: | 適有蚉虻僕緣，而拊之不時，則缺銜、毀首、碎胸。 |
| If musquitoes and gadflies light on them, and the grooms brush them suddenly away, the horses break their bits, injure (the ornaments on) their heads, and smash those on their breasts. | |
| 《商君書·境內》: | 高爵能，無給有爵人隸僕。 |
| If a man of high rank has been cashiered, he may not be given as servant to a man of rank. | |
| 《詩經·卷耳》: | 陟彼砠矣、我馬瘏矣、我僕痡矣、云何吁矣。 |
| I was ascending that flat-topped height, But my horses became quite disabled, And my servants were [also] disabled. Oh! how great is my sorrow! | |
| 《尚書·微子》: | 商其淪喪，我罔為臣僕。 |
| When ruin overtakes Shang, I will not be the servant (of another House). | |
| 《周易·䷷旅》: | 九三：旅焚其次，喪其童僕，貞厲。 |
| The third NINE, undivided, shows the stranger, burning his lodging-house, and having lost his servants. However firm and correct he (try to) be, he will be in peril. | |
| 《說苑·至公》: | 河曲之役，趙宣子之車干行，韓獻子戮其僕，人皆曰：「韓獻子必死矣，其主朝昇之，而暮戮其僕，誰能待之！」 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 其僕曰：「子懼、何不反也？」 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 故上者民之儀也，有司執政民之表也，邇臣便辟者群臣僕之倫也。 |
| 《新書·輔佐》: | 道行，典知變化，以為規是非，明利害，掌僕及輿馬之度，羽旄旌旗之制，步驟徐疾之節，春夏秋冬用之倫色，居車之容，登降之禮。 |
| 《新序·善謀》: | 夫韓、魏父子兄弟，接踵而死於秦者，將十世矣，本國殘，社稷壞，宗廟隳，刳腹絕腸，折顙摺頸，身首分離，暴骨草澤，頭顱僵仆，相望于境，係臣束子為群虜者，相及於路，鬼神潢洋無所食，民不聊生，族類離散，流亡為僕妾者，盈海內矣，故韓、魏之不亡，秦社稷之憂也。 |
| 《中論·貴驗》: | 屢顧爾僕，不輸爾載。 |
| 《孔子家語·致思》: | 孔子謂其僕曰：「此哭哀則哀矣，然非喪者之哀也。」 |
| 《潛夫論·思賢》: | 人君也此君不察，而苟以親戚邑官之人典官者，譬猶以愛子易御僕，以明珠易瓦礫，雖有可愛好之情，然而其覆大車而殺病人也必矣。 |
| 《論衡·幸偶》: | 貴至封侯，賤至奴僕。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 又謂：「足下徑行自可，今反相歷，令子失禮，僕豫愆。」 |
| 《孔叢子·公孫龍》: | 子高適趙，與龍會平原君家，謂之曰：「僕居魯，遂聞下風，而高先生之行也，願受業之日久矣。」 |
| 《獨斷·卷下》: | 大駕、則公卿奉引大將軍參乘太僕御，屬車八十一乘，備千乘萬騎。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 卻非冠、宮門僕射者服之，《禮》無文。 |
| 《列子·周穆王》: | 吾晝為僕虜，苦則苦矣。 |
| 《文子·上禮》: | 末世之為治，不積於養生之具，澆天下之醇，散天下之樸，滑亂萬民，以清為濁，性命飛揚，皆亂以營，貞信熳爛，人失其性，法與義相背，行與利相反，貧富之相傾，人君之與僕虜，不足以論。 |
| 《文始真經·六匕》: | 何友何僕？ |
| 《列仙傳·江妃二女》: | 謂其僕曰：「我欲下請其佩。」 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 使為臣僕。 |
| 《韓非子·說林上》: | 秦武王令甘茂擇所欲為於僕與行事，孟卯曰：「公不如為僕。」 |
| 《管子·地員》: | 沙土之次曰五塥，五塥之狀，累然如僕累，不忍水旱，其種大樛杞，細樛杞黑莖黑秀，蓄殖果木，不若三土以十分之四。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·期賢》: | 魏文侯過段干木之閭而軾之，其僕曰：「君胡為軾？」 |
| 《史記·孔子世家》: | 將適陳，過匡，顏刻為僕，以其策指之曰：「昔吾入此，由彼缺也。」 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 乘丘之役，公以金僕姑射南宮長萬，公右歂孫生搏之，宋人請之，宋公靳之，曰，始吾敬子，今子魯囚也，吾弗敬子矣，病之。 |
| 《逸周書·嘗麥解》: | 是月，王命大正正刑書，爽明，僕告既駕，少祝導王，亞祝迎王，降階，即假于大宗少宗少祕于社，各牡羊一，牡豕三，史導王于北階，王陟階，在東序，乃命大史尚，大正即居于戶西，南向，九州牧伯咸進在中，西向，宰乃承王中升自客階，作筴，執筴從中，宰坐，尊中于大正之前，大祝以王命作筴，告大宗，王命□□祕作筴，許諾，乃北向繇書于兩楹之閒。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 其僕曰：「嚮之去何速？」 |
| 《吳越春秋》: | 而子及主俱為奴僕，來歸於吳，豈不鄙乎？ |
| 《越絕書·計倪內經》: | 祝融治南方，僕程佐之，使主火。 |
| 《戰國策》: | 賣僕妾售乎閭巷者，良僕妾也。 |
| 《鹽鐵論·園池》: | 太僕、水衡、少府、大農，歲課諸入田牧之利，池烃之假，及北邊置任田官，以贍諸用，而猶未足。 |
| 《列女傳·魯之母師》: | 於是使少子僕，歸辨家事。 |
| 《漢書·敘傳上》: | 僕亦不任廁技於彼列，故密爾自娛於斯文。 |
| 《前漢紀》: | 梁王太僕有罪亡者。 |
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